Surveying 3

Description

Various techniques of levelling, angular observation and distance measurement, at different degrees of precision with a variety of instruments, are examined and compared. The associated reductions and computations are also dealt with.

Availability

Callaghan

Semester 2 - 2015

Learning Outcomes

1. To be aware of a range of surveying instrumentation, both present and past.

2. To know what applications these instruments have.

3. To know what precision can be achieved by a variety of instruments and techniques.

4. To know how to use the instruments.

5. To be able to reduce raw observational data from the instruments to a usable form.

6. To be able to analyse the results obtained and portray them in a cogent manner.